Velvet

Overview

Velvet helps train world models. Velvet is a product and research company focused on world models.

Funding and backers

Backers
2
Y Combinator, The Venture Reality Fund
Momentum
0/100
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The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
May 2026 Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine Oct 2025 Went through Y Combinator
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Web presence
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Shared investors2
25 portfolio companies: Propriovision, Mochi, Neuromorphic and 22 more
Y CombinatorVia a fund
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
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Hiring now
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Countries
1
San Francisco United States
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